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Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c8.s1: Asoka's Council

Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c8.s1

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Asoka's Council

c8.s1.1

The inscriptions of Asoka mention his *Parisat* [R.E. III and VI]. Asoka speaks of his reference of urgent matters (*āchāyike* or *atiyāyike*=*ātyayika* of Kauṭilya) to his Council (*Parisā*) of Ministers (*Mahāmātras*), and of their debate or deliberation (*vivādo nijhati*) thereon (*tāya aṭhāya*).

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It may also be noted that, according to *Divyāvadāna* (p. 372, Cowell's ed.), Bindusāra (Chandragupta's son) had as many as 500 *Amātyas*.

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Patañjali, in his *Mahābhāshya*, mentions *Chandragupta-Sabhā* [Gloss on I. 1, 68].

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